Findlay, Ohio, May 4, 2004 — The University of Findlay’s Center for Terrorism Preparedness has entered into an alliance with TV Worldwide, a web-based TV network, and Homeland Defense Radio.com to launch the Homeland Defense Internet TV Channel at www.homelanddefensetv.com.
As part of the collaborative agreement, TV Worldwide will work with Homeland Defense Radio.com to create live and archived events while developing specialized eLearning content, tapping the renowned training expertise of the Center for Terrorism Preparedness at The University of Findlay. Through this partnership, TV Worldwide will develop live and archived homeland defense and security content for Homeland Defense TV, deploying a variety of proprietary streaming media processes it has used to build the first network of community-based Internet TV channels targeting “aimcastsm audiences.”
Homeland Defense Radio.com in partnership with Homeland Defense Journal, renowned for its homeland defense news and information for all levels of government, will assist in building the Homeland Defense TV target audience.
The Center for Terrorism Preparedness will leverage the relationship to build and disseminate an archive of training and awareness content on-line via Homeland Defense TV to assist every audience from first-responders to the general public.
About the Center for Terrorism Preparedness
The Center for Terrorism Preparedness was instituted in 1999 as an outgrowth of other emergency response training conducted at The University of Findlay. Its mission is to develop integrated training programs that will assist communities in the preparation for, response to and recovery from possible terrorist incidents and comparable natural disasters. The Center’s courses address terrorism, workplace violence, school violence and natural disasters. The training is designed for several groups, including corporate safety and security personnel; maritime and transportation security officials; fire, emergency medical and law enforcement personnel; the medical community; and school personnel. Since its creation, the Center has trained more than 3,000 students in as many as 50 domestic preparedness courses. The Center’s program is one of the most extensive civilian domestic preparedness training programs in the United States. All of the Center’s instructors are credentialed experts. More information about the Center’s programs can be found at http://seem.findlay.edu/terrorism.
About HomelandDefenseTV.com
Homeland Defense TV provides informational programming and e-learning opportunities on homeland defense topics for government and corporate security personnel, first responders and interested citizens. The programs of HomelandDefenseTV.com, a venue for interactive streaming media e-learning courses, seminars, conferences and meetings, are sponsored by The University of Findlay School of Environmental and Emergency Management (SEEM), Homeland Defense Journal and Homeland Defense Radio. In addition to streaming video and audio, the site features relevant printed material and links to sites that provide additional information. HomelandDefenseTV.com is a content-rich, comprehensive source of knowledge about homeland defense, safety and security or emergency preparedness and response.
About TV Worldwide
As a leading global Internet broadcasting and streaming media company, TV Worldwide (www.tvworldwide.com ) is developing a network of video channels that is an affiliation of community-based Internet television stations, each underwritten by a strategic partner, "aimcasting" to targeted demographic audiences worldwide. TVWorldwide.com works with strategic partners to develop the latest in live and archived state-of-the art video streaming content applications. TVWorldwide.com was recently named one of the streaming video industry's "Hottest Streaming Companies" by Streaming Magazine, www.streamingmagazine.com, and CEO Dave Gardy was honored by the magazine as one of the 50 Most Influential People in Streaming Media. Gardy currently serves as the president of the International Webcasting Association (IWA).
